AWS – an introduction to bursting (GP2 – T2)
GP2 Details:
Base performance of 3 IOPS per GB
- 100GB volume gives 300 IOPS, and 500GB gives 1500 IOPS baseline
Can burst up to 3000 IOPS
- very good fit for boot volumes and volumes that have to deliver short periods of heavy useage
- The burst time span is coverned by I/O credits